Linguists: Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching
Vol 7, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER

Enhancing Young Adult Literature to Improve Reading Ability

Kiki Rizki Amelia (Universitas Islam Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)
Fitri Novia (Universitas Islam Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Dec 2021

Abstract

Reading is the manner of grasping the content of a paragraph of text. Nonetheless, some students are fighting to strengthen reading comprehension. This study proposed to confirm whether Young Adult literature improved students’ reading ability in narrative text. The design of that research was used quasi-experimental. Participants were eight grade students of SMP N 1 Inderalaya Selatan Ogan Ilir South Sumatera. The instrument used was a written test that included 25 questions in multiple-choice form. T-test was used to examine the data. Independent samples t-test analysis revealed that pvalue (0.001) was lower than άvalue (0.05). This study was indicated that learners who were encouraged to read narrative literature through Young Adult Literature improved significantly. In conclusion, the students improved their reading ability better by reading extensively through Young Adult Literature.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

linguists

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching contains the research manuscripts related to the broad areas of Linguistics and English Language Teaching. The journal is published twice a year (July and October) by Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bengkulu and is based at the Department of Tadris ...